Matthew 20:2
and having made an agreement with them for a shilling a day, sent them into his vineyard.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
In Context
3About nine o'clock he went out and saw others loitering in the market-place.
Cross References
Matthew 18:28But no sooner had that servant gone out, than he met with one of his fellow servants who owed him 100 shillings; and seizing him by the throat and nearly strangling him he exclaimed, "`Pay me all you owe.'
Matthew Henry on Matthew 20:2-17
The Labourers in the Vineyard. 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and… Read the whole commentary →